Mr. Michael Tope:

That is exactly what I was going to say. We would welcome the establishment of a centralised licensing authority. If it was to take on responsibility for considering the issue of home security, we would not have an issue with it. Equally, we do not have an issue with members of An Garda Síochána making home security checks. My experience is that An Garda Síochána does a very good job when it comes home security checks. That said, from a licensing administration point of view, the Deputy is correct that it has to be objective and specification-based. If we were to involve the stakeholders, agree, if necessary, the specification following debate and have an independent body to implement it, I would totally support it, as would the team present.